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Unveiling a New Era of Imaging: BU Engineers Lead Breakthrough Microscopy Techniques
Ji-Xin Cheng and colleagues have made significant advancements in the field of vibrational imaging. More

Hariri Group Co-Founds AI Alliance
The MOC Alliance is delighted to be part of the AI Alliance,” says Professor Orran Krieger (ECE), director of the MOC Alliance. “The MOC Alliance’s open-source production cloud platform, with all the operations state and telemetry available to enable innovation, make it an exciting match for the AI Alliance’s mission of advancing open, transparent AI." More

Associate Professor Archana Venkataraman Selected As Computing & Data Sciences Faculty Fellow
The BU CDS Faculty Fellows Program is geared towards fostering a community of scholars reflecting this same convergent disciplinary approach, with a particular focus on supporting recent recruits to the BU faculty whose research shows significant promise. More

Professor Roberto Paiella Elected Optica Fellow
He was awarded this honor “for outstanding contributions to the development of novel optoelectronic devices based on quantum-confined systems and photonic nanostructures.” More

Clearing the Air
For subs, spacecraft and more, Werner is working on a novel material that would capture CO2 in a targeted and efficient way. More

Xin Zhang Earns Sigma Xi’s Chubb Award
The prestigious Walston Chubb Award for Innovation is the latest in a string of honors for this pioneer of metamaterials. More

ECE CHIPS In: Efficiently Secure Computing
This article is the first part of a series highlighting BU ECE’s contributions to research and education under the umbrella of the CHIPS and Science Act of 2022, and our faculty’s collective investment in the national effort to build a robust and innovative semiconductor industry. More

Thinking Bigger
Raised in rural Jamaica, Huntley Myrie (ENG'95) went on to design jet engine turbines, manage billion-dollar businesses, and earn one of this year's Black Engineer of the Year awards. More

Machines and Health
BU engineers are combining their expertise to develop robotic and AI technologies to help solve health problems of all kinds. More

This Soft Robot Might Save Millions of Lives
A millimeter-scale, multifunctional soft robot that overcomes three hurdles that have been hampering minimally invasive heart surgeries. More

Are You Ready? A Saliva Test Might Tell
Alex Green leads a $17.7 million DARPA project analyzing biomarkers to assess readiness for physically and mentally challenging tasks. More

Seeing Themselves in STEM
BU hosted kids from across the city for a STEM fair, showing them the educational and career opportunities available in science and tech. More

Translational Biomedical Advances Highlighted at Inaugural BTEC Symposium
Promising advances in biological engineering were the topics of discussion at the Bioengineering Technology & Entrepreneurship Center’s (BTEC) inaugural symposium this month. The event featured former BME faculty member and current dean of the Brown University School of Engineering Tejal Desai, as well as several BME faculty members and an industry executive. More

Engineer, Runner, Budding Doctor
The Patriot League's 2023 Indoor Track & Field Scholar-Athlete of the Year, Aksel Laudon (ENG'22, CAMED'26) has been a standout on and off the course. More

Gevelber Named a Sustainability Champion
This year’s sustainability “superhero” award winners were recognized for their significant contributions to research or practice in sustainability and climate change, as well as equity and justice. More

Improving the Science Behind Bloodstain Pattern Analysis
At BU's Fluid Lab, James Bird's latest research could help give forensic scientists new tools for analyzing bloodstains at crime scenes. More

How ultrafast lasers developed in Michelle Sander’s lab are speeding up biological research
Michelle Sander and her lab group at Boston University are seeking out new ways to build ultrafast lasers – lasers that emit such short-lasting pulses of light that their duration is difficult to fathom. “I’m particularly interested in developing lasers on the femtosecond scale – a fraction of a second so small that its ratio is the same as one second to 32 million years,” Sander says. More

College Honors Distinguished Alumni
The College of Engineering and Dean ad interim Elise Morgan conferred the Distinguished Alumni Award on three alumni -- recognizing their impact on their professions and communities, and outstanding service to the BU Engineering community – at an event on Sept. 22. More

Converging on Training Tomorrow’s Bioengineers
With an NSF grant, a BU program will train a diverse group of PhD students for tomorrow’s workforce in biotech, synthetic biology, and other sectors. More

A New Way of Learning
Undergrads from across the country come to the BU Photonics Center for an NSF summer research experience program. This fall, these five returned to BU full-time. More